Stanford men hold off slumping Oregon

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Stanford’s Anthony Brown, left, is fouled by Oregon’s Elgin Cook as he and Dominic Artis try to force a turnover in the closing moments of an NCAA college basketball game in a Eugene, Ore. on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Chris)

EUGENE, Ore. — The talking ended Sunday for Stanford, which breathed life into its season with a critical 82-80 win over No. 17 but slumping Oregon at Matthew Knight Arena.

After a second straight Pac-12 Conference loss at Oregon State, Stanford’s five starters held a private meeting. “It was a matter of pulling that determination, that will out of everybody. That hunger,” junior guard Chasson Randle said.

“We did a lot of talking,” Cardinal coach Johnny Dawkins said. “At the end of the day we said, ‘Enough talk.’ It’s got to be about out performance.”

“I think we got that tonight,” Randle said.

Anthony Brown, who shot 1 for 10 Thursday at Oregon State, made his first six attempts and scored a career-high 24 points as the Cardinal (10-5, 1-2) avoided its first 0-3 Pac-12 start since 2009.

Randle added 23 points — giving him 53 for the weekend — but the 85 percent foul shooter missed two with 7.4 seconds left, allowing the Ducks (13-3, 1-3) one last chance.

Bay Area native Dominic Artis, whose 3-pointer with 21.4 seconds left got Oregon within a point, missed a lay- up contested by Randle, and Dwight Powell grabbed the rebound as the buzzer sounded.

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